Playing position Role Footballer Position Goalkeeper Name Daniel Sotres Current team Racing de Santander | 2011–2012 Racing B Weight 78 kg Years Team Height 1.86 m | |
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Full name Daniel Sotres Castaneda Date of birth (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 22) Place of birth Santiago de Cudeyo, Spain | ||
Daniel 'Dani' Sotres Castañeda (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Celta de Vigo B as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Sotres was born in Santiago de Cudeyo, Cantabria. A product of local Racing de Santander's youth ranks, he made his debut for the first team on 9 April 2012 (one month shy of his 19th birthday), coming off the bench to replace injured Mario Fernández in a 0–3 La Liga away loss against Málaga CF; three days later he was handed his first start, but his team against lost by the same scoreline, at home to RCD Mallorca, being eventually relegated at the season's end.
Sotres was definitely promoted to Racing's main squad for the 2012–13 campaign, going on to feature in 14 Segunda División games – 15 overall – as they again dropped down a level. On 29 January 2014, with the club immerse in a financial crisis, he moved to Recreativo de Huelva but had to wait until March to start playing.
On 29 July 2015, Sotres was loaned back to his first club Racing for one year, with an option to a permanent three-year deal after the expiration of the loan. On 31 August of the following year he signed for another reserve team, Atlético Levante UD also in the third division.
